Show tn E AU oft 0 n RAT DAY I 1 7 IJ 0 ug b PP ESI DENT DEN T ELEC ROOSE i 41 1 g A f delivering THE INAUGURAL ADDRE 55 0 W AP fa J F INAUGURAL PARADE ely by SCOTT WATSON president roosevelt hns has ani announced 1 bounced ills his desire for a simple ina figuration ceremony on IN march larch 4 the fact lenial renial nEf ns that the capital of the nation on that day will he be the scene of a celebration which Is always impressive no matter liow how miny many of the spectacular elements which hse have characterized past president lal inaugurations may he be discarded because of the demand of the present times for foi economy in all things for whether the ceremony Is simple or elaborate and whether the weather Is fair or stormy and it has become almost it a tradition that its pretty likely to be stormy storm inauguration lay Is a red letter lay day for the nation and ns as many of our citizens who can go to the national capital to take part in it and usually to do their best to malie make the most of that day there has been a sameness to nil all inauguration day ceremonies and yet et there ins has ahas been some new element to make each one different undoubtedly undoubted tills this years pars ceremony will ft be different from the list last three in that it will witness thousands of jubilant democrats flock in ing to washington to cele hiate tile the fact that they are the ins after long years ears of being tile the outs olits just ns as they did when ft lien grover cleve land and woodrow bodrow wilson were ft ere inaugurated but the outstanding fact about tills this years ears in augur augu atlon ration so far as it Is possible to character ize ire it in advance Is that diore morp Amer americans leans will heir hear the new president take the oath mth of office and deller deliver ills his inaugural ild address dress than hiie have ever eer before listened to those spoken words in our years cars of history the radio hookups which ft hid will carry the new presidents worda fiords to every corner of the coun try tri and perhaps even een around the world tire are responsible for that fact the first inauguration ceremony that of george washington wits was held neither nelt lier in the city of washington Washl naton which did lit not then exist nor on the traditional march 4 instead it took place in new dew york city which was then the capital of the nation on april 50 30 ITS 1780 in the case of tile the first president there was nn an nn inaugural parade which preceded tile the inauguration ceremony instead of following it as became the custom from the time of andrew jackson on down through the years lears the actual inauguration took place on a stage which had been built on the steps of the fed oral eral building where the present building in wall street now stands rind the washington statue there Is believed to stand upon the exact spot where washington stood when he took oath of office tile the first congress of the united states of america tool took its place on the stage escorted by oen con morgan lewis a distinguished figure ascended the steps tile the man who ft ho had led the continental armies to victory and who nho had been chosen the first lead er in pene peace oen gen george washington A great cheer went up from the people who were watch ing the scene thin then took place one of those curious denti which orten often happen to mar the imbres ol bleness veness of historic occasions over her tile the throng came a mighty stillness and heads were bared chancellor livingston was about to 0 o rise to ad minister the oath instead he kept his hai sent seat there followed a whispered conre conference rence with gen jacoh morton marshal of the day at tile the conclusion general morion hurried out into the street to the old coffee house nt at wall and writer water streets the meeting 11 place of nf st johns lodge of masons of ft which alch he be was mister nu ister the marshal was absent onla aly a few seconds but when ft hen lie he returned he was ft as earning carrying an open bible resting on oil a cushion of nf crimson velvet from the of st johns lodge incise then it was waa known to those on oil the platform at least that ft ik e ohp other let ills had find been carried out no 4 v 4 4 am r UA HC OVER AN AND sacred hook book had been provided for the oath nth second inauguration in dilill idel ehla yas was less spectacular thin than the first when jolin john adams was inaugurated in the samp city in 1717 ton was the dominant figure rie ile was waa retiring from public life and the people had eyes only for him many of them tried cried adams notoriously vain aln and jealous was much embarrassed barr b assed and just its as adams ad mis presidential career begin began in disappointment so it ended tie te was so enraged by his defeat in the election that hp he refused to attend the inauguration of jefferson but left the white house and started for massachusetts early on tile the morning of inauguration augu ration lay hy Tel Te Terson fferson was tile the first president inaugurated at washington despite the picturesque tradition of his horseback ride to the Cap capitol liol critical research discloses that the author of the declaration of independence did not ride ile he went afoot which was democratic enough the installation of james madison in 1800 was attended by much more ceremony than attended the inauguration of 0 jefferson the d day a Y was ftak ushered in with salutes of cannon madison rode to the capitol in a richly appointed ca carriage escorted hy by troops of mil itla the first inauguration to be held outdoors outdoor s was that of monnie two reasons are a signed for the change the enormous crowd that attended from to in contrast are thought to have hae attended WIl wilsons sons in ID 1813 1913 which was waa the largest crowd nt an inauguration augu ration and the fact that toe the house a and nd the senate could not agree over the distribution of seats gents in the house where it had been customary to hold tile the ceremony john quincy adams refused to attend the inauguration augu ration of ills his successor andrew jackson the two men being on the worst possible terms jackson was in washington for two weeks before his inauguration but go near adams frontiersmen indian fighters an and thousands of humble citizens crowded around the capitol to see jackson sworn in washington had never beheld such a horde of visitors after jacksons hectic day van huren buren restored dignity to the inauguration and it Is recorded that champagne flowed roost most bounteously at the reception jackson and van buren rode together from the white house to the capitol in 1817 1837 in it a phaeton ninde made from the timbers of 0 the old frigate constitution the alie first elaborate parade came with william henry lson arter the color colorful rul and famous tippecanoe camp campaign ile he rode hla his white charger from the capitol to tile the white house ile he was preceded by flags tippecanoe clubs were everywhere overs where it a large log cabin was carried on a float blont in tile the parade and n benr sylvania syl vanla admirer presented tile the Pre kresment with a pound fatted batted calt calf harrlson read his inaugural address the longest on record from the eastern portico of the capitol standing for an hour without hat or topcoat he contracted a cold and died within a month after he became president when john tyler was sworn in a month later he be had bad to borrow money to make the trip from his home in williamsburg where he was playing games with n ith his children when the news of his bis succession to the presidency came tyler refused to take any part in the inauguration of president polk but left washington on the in morning 0 ruing of march 4 1845 polk had the distinction of being the first president to take t the be oath of office under an uni umbrella brella franklin pierce the only president ever to deliver an inaugural address without the aid of notes had bad a squad of fire engines in his parade buchanann Bucha nans inauguration was unimposing except for spectacular floats and a great dinner the most momentous and impressive inaugural parade that ever moved through the streets of washington was when lincoln first took office buchanan an old man in swallow tailed coat hobbled along with lincoln to the carriage lincoln was attired in a new black suit and a shining high hat lie ile carried a gold headed cane between double tiles files of cavalry the presidential carriage moved along pennsylvania avenue nylia e soldiers marched in front and behind were stationed on roots roofs commanding the thoroughfare and cavalry guarded every approach to the capitol the journey was made in safety stephen A douglas Lincol ns lifelong life long rival held tho the hat of the new president as he be read the inaugural at Lincol ns second inaugural procession there was shown a model of the monitor with its turret revolving and its guns firing dring at intervals A battalion of negro soldiers had an honorable place in the long procession it had been raining mining and alid the day was gloomy As lincoln was about to take the oath however the sun burst through the clouds rn an omen which he said made his heart jump with the inauguration of grant the military display continued because the friends of mrs had threatened to attack him ills his inauguration augu ration drew the biggest crowd that had yet gathered many blany had to walk valk the streets of washington nil all night because they could obtain no lodging grant laid aside his elgar cigar for the ceremony but disappointed the crowd by not wearing ln I 1 his uniform clayes inauguration was uneventful except for the failure to reach a final decision on who had been elected until march 2 but at Gar garfielda fields the crowd grew to tho the unheard of proportions of many of whom brought their lunch baskets with them A yellow dog that garfield had once befriended and fed followed behind him in the parade and was given a home at the white house the cleveland parade was me memorable for the large number of tammany braves fancifully dressed and carrying tomahawks who marched in it benjamin harrlson harrison Is the president who read ills his inaugural address to the glistening tops of red white and blue umbrellas but with the coming of roosevelt glamour reentered entered re innumerable cowboys were in the parade and used their lariats freely in the crowd there was w ar a r also a corps of former rough hough riders and a gro group UP of indian chiefs harvard students gave 3 a long yell for teddy the ovation was one of the greatest and the parade one of the most spectacular in the history of tills this quadrennial political carnival the taft and wilson inaugurations are the most memorable ones in recent years the one for the blizzard tile the other for the atmosphere of tension which had not been equaled since the first installation of lincoln tile the taft blizzard as it Is called descended upon washington without warning the previous lay day had been worm warm find and foggy and fair weather was vas promised tor for march 4 cut but in the morning washington woke up to find a heavy blanket of sno snow wand and more falling with blinding force wilsons Wll Wil sons first inaugural was little more than an outpouring of democrats to celebrate their first victory since cleveland but was marked by the presence of suffragists in the parade ills second however taking place tri in the critical days just before the declaration of war upon germany was one of tile the most notable ever held hardings inaugural was notable for the tragic passage of the shattered and broken figure of the retiring president who came to the capitol for the last time on that day and went from there to his bis S street home without even glancing at tile the white house its as he passed it for the last time Coolid inauguration was more solemn and serious but also more devoid of glamour and pomp than any in recent years the carefree carnival spirit of Ilar dings was miss wept in the person of vice president danas who made his bis now famous speech to the senate telling them their rules were nil all wrong IS C by western newspaper union |